KEVIN ANDREW LIPSCOMB

4325 Hudgins Drive
Virginia Beach, VA 23455-6512
tel:+1-757-642-8668
kevinandrewlipscomb@vt.edu

Objective

To contribute my paramedic and leadership skills to a community whose EMS system values a highly diverse service delivery model.

Experience

Vocational

CONSULTANT
IBM		 Hampton Roads, Virginia
Oct 2005 - present
  • Upon returning to Hampton Roads from Pittsburgh, retook same position as held with PricewaterhouseCoopers from Mar 2000 - Sep 2002 (below).
  • Hold SECRET clearance from DSS.
PRESIDENT
Kalips'o Infogistics LLC (dba FromPaper2Web.com)		 Hampton Roads, Virginia
2002 - present
  • Convert paper or email-based business processes into robust web applications.
  • Provide implementation support for various data warehousing and online collaboration efforts.
DEPUTY DIRECTOR
Emergency Medical Service Institute		 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Feb 2003 - July 2005

-- Summary of responsibilities:

  • Assisted in direction of non-profit corporation with $2,100,000 annual budget.   EMSI is the largest regional EMS council in Pennsylvania, with responsibility for Pittsburgh and its surrounding ten counties.  EMSI operates under contract with the Pennsylvania Department of Health to initiate, organize, expand, maintain and improve the region's EMS system.  Constituents include ambulance services, first-response agencies, EMTs, paramedics, physicians, medical command facilities, hospitals, EMS training institutes, 911 centers, local government, the public, etc.  EMSI provides constituents with medical, financial, administrative, legal, and political assistance; and performs regulatory, data collection, and quality improvement functions.
  • Administered, conducted, and coordinated corporate affairs within scope defined by board.
  • Created and implemented internal operating policies, procedures, and practices.  Managed regulatory reporting requirements and produce internal management reports.  Created research activities and coordinate meetings.  Represented regional EMS system in meetings of "Region 13" emergency management consortium, its ESF-8 component, and its MMRS.

-- Achievement highlights:

  • Overhauled EMSI's website to publicly define the specific services it provides to its constituents, and to measure constituent interest and needs.  Made virtually all paper forms available electronically.
  • Overhauled EMSI's annual survey methodology to assess constituent habits and needs more precisely, efficiently, and with better relevancy.  The new methodology uses inexpensive online survey tools that are also used to conduct ad-hoc surveys.
  • Overhauled reporting processes to reveal available regional resources and to eliminate reporting errors.
  • Developed a process for importing voluminous patient care report (PCR) data into MS Access for analysis.
  • Created "Quality Dashboard" that revealed several important regional trends.  Generated dashboard indicators by analyzing four years of PCR data and creating control charts.
CONSULTANT
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP		 Hampton Roads, Virginia
Mar 2000 - Sep 2002
  • Developed Microsoft Access queries and Visual Basic scripts to automate the tracking of change requests, the collection and analysis of software development metrics, and the production of software promotion/migration directives.
  • Held SECRET clearance from DSS.
PROGRAMMER-ANALYST
Remtech Services Inc.
Unisys Corporation

Hampton Roads, Virginia
Oct 1999 - Feb 2000
Aug 1997 - Sep 1999
  • Performed development programming, life-cycle maintenance, Y2K-revisions, and testing for Differential GPS Control Station project at U.S. Coast Guard C2CEN.
  • Researched, selected, installed, maintained, and provided training for an open-source software configuration management tool set.  Established an internal project web site to record project status, metrics, and indoctrination information.
PROGRAMMER-ANALYST
Remtech Services Inc.
ECI Systems & Engineering

Hampton Roads, Virginia
Oct 1995 - Jul 1997
Dec 1994 - Sep 1995
  • Performed development programming and testing for an effort to re-engineer a globally-distributed, secure processing and routing system for navy tactical text messages.
  • Held SECRET clearance.
PROGRAMMER-ANALYST
Comptek Federal Systems Inc.

Hampton Roads, Virginia
Dec 1988 - Dec 1994
  • Performed development programming and testing for navy submarine combat/sonar system Basic Operator Trainers.
  • Developed an automated tape duplication and quality control system.

Avocational

NATIONALLY REGISTERED PARAMEDIC
Kempsville Volunteer Rescue Squad
Virginia Beach Department of EMS 		Virginia Beach, VA
1989-present
Seneca Area Emergency Services
UPMC Medical Command 		Pittsburgh, PA
Sep 2002 - July 2005
  • Respond to 911 calls for care of medical and traumatic emergencies. Act as ultimate field authority on cases requiring Advanced Life Support. Maintain high level of medical knowledge, thorough knowledge of local treatment protocols, and mastery of practical skills.
  • Perform several invasive medical procedures and administer emergency medications on standing orders or personal discretion. Perform other skills on orders of physician.
  • Act as prehospital team leader. Effectively control extremely stressful situations. Communicate with team members, physicians, dispatchers, and supervisors. Effectively make critical decisions and assume responsibility for consequences of team's actions.
  • Stand an average of 48 hours of duty per month.
Notable positions held:

President, Kempsville Volunteer Rescue Squad, 1995-2002, 2009-present
Provided vision and strategically directed non-profit corporation with $1,200,000 annual budget and $578,000 net worth.

Captain, Kempsville Volunteer Rescue Squad, 1994-1995, 2006-2007
Commanded squad with 120 volunteer personnel and over 7000 responses per year.

President, Council of Virginia Beach Volunteer Rescue Squads, Inc., 1998
Presided over coalition of eleven volunteer rescue squads.

Special Operations Captain, Virginia Beach Department of EMS, 1999-2002
Administered and coordinated Duty Chief Program.  Duty Chiefs are periodically responsible for the minute-to-minute field activities of entire department.  Active Duty Chief from 1993-2002.

Education

B.S., 1988, Computer Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia

Awards and Honors

  • Outstanding EMS Administrator Of The Year, Virginia Beach Department of EMS, 2010
  • Special Operations Member of the Year, Virginia Beach Department of EMS, 2002
  • Distinguished Service Awards, Kempsville Volunteer Rescue Squad (2001), Virginia Beach Rescue Council (2002)
  • Medal of Merit, Virginia Beach Department of EMS, 2000
  • Lifesaver Awards, Virginia Beach Department of EMS, 1998, 2002, 2009 (3)
  • Unit Commendation Ribbons, Virginia Beach Department of EMS, 1994, 1997
  • Rescue Member of the Year, Kempsville Volunteer Rescue Squad, 1992

Personal skills

  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Attentive to physical fitness